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Unscored CVE-2008-3436 EUVD-2008-3422GHSA-4mcf-r6j9-cvfh

The GUP generic update process in Notepad++ before 4.8.1 does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-midd…

Published Aug 1, 2008 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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The GUP generic update process in Notepad++ before 4.8.1 does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.

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